Well bucket



P. E. GETZ WELL BUCKET May 24, H92?.

Filed July l2, 1926 @noauto/r,

fluor/M ma o lll Patented lvl-lay 24, 1927.

UNlTED STATES PHARES E. GETZ, OF NEOSHO, MISSOURI.

WELL BUCKET.

Application filed July 12,

This invention aims to provide a novel forni ot valve tor the bottom Vot awell bucket, and to provide novel means tor operating the valve. Y

lt is within the province ot .the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility ot devices ot that type to which the invention appertains.

lilith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds. the invention resides in the combination and arrangement ot parts and in the detailsot' construction hereinatter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise en'ibodiin'ent oi' the invention herein disclosed. may be made within the scope ot' what is claimeth without departingl trom the spirit ot the invention.

in the drawings 1 4 Figure 'l shows in longiluiilinal section a bucket constructed in accordance with the invention;

`Figure 2 is a detail enlarged from Figure l.

The numeral 1 marks the tubular body ot a well bucket, A U-shaped bail 2 is attached by securing elements 3 to the upper end ot the body 1. the side portions ot the bail 2 having openings l in which is mounted a cross red 5, the ends 6 ot the cross rod being bent at right angles to the rod,y so as to engage the side portions ot the bail 2 and 'to hold the cross rod 5 in place in the openings Ll. The suspension means whereby the l icket is d and lowered is marked by the numeral i and engaged with the bail The bottoni ol the buckef is denoted by the numeral 8 and is supplied at its peripherv with an annular U-shaped bead 9 in which the lower end ot the body 1 is received and secured. The bottom 8 has an upstanding annular rib l0 that is continued to torni a depending collar 11.

The valve ot the Vlmckev includes a metal slate l2 :ind a comprcssible gasket 14 below the plate The numeral l5 designates a the upper portion ot which abuts "t the lower surface `ot. the gasket lll, l5 including depending arms 16 spaced apart transversely, the arms being` slidaliily received within the collar ll. the arms being supplied at their lowcr ends with outstanding fingers 17. The fingers 17 are adaptedto cooperate with the 1926. Serial N0. 121,969.

lower end ot the collar 11 to limit the upward movement of the valve. The numeral 18 designates a securing element, such asan plate l2 and the gasket 14 and through the central portion of the guide 15. The securing element 18 has an abutn'ientrl) which engages the upper portion of the plate 12. A securing device, such as a nut 20, is

" threaded on the lowerend of the eye bolt 18 and engages the central portion of the guide 15 to bind the guide, the gasket 14 lan d the plate 12 securely together.. The eye bolt 18 is interengaged pivotally at its upper end to an eye 21 formed on the lower end ot' an operating member 22,l such as a rod, the operating member 22 being supplied with an eye 23 mounted on the crossv rod 5 and cooperating therewith to aid in' holding the rod in place within the well bucket.

The weight vot .the water in the bucket presses the valve downwardly, and the gas vket- 14 is compressed on the annular rib 10v ot the bottom 8, thereby to secure a watertight closure at the point indicated, the upward movement of the valve being limited .by the engagement between the fingers 17 of, the guide l5 and the lower end ot' the collar 11,*the collar. 11 being, in substance, a downward continuation ot' the inner wall of the riblO.

What is claimed is A well bucket comprising' a bottoni which is provided with an upstanding annular rib7` the inner wall of the rib being continued to 'form' a depending collar; a valve comprising u top plate, a compressible gasket abutting against the lower surface ot the top plate and adapted to cooperate with the rib, a` guide abutting against the lower surface o'l the gasket and slidable in the collar, the guide having rmeans cooperating with the lower end ot the collar lo limit the 'movement of the valve as the valve is raised'to un open position, and a securing element uniting the plate, the gasket and the guide; and means connected to the securing element lor raising the valve to open position.

in testimony that l claim the vforegoing as my own, I have hereto aliXed my signature.

PHARES E. es'rz.

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